Nominations Are Due January 27, 2012; Recipient Will Be Recognized at Organization's DVCon on February 27, 2012
(January 19, 2012)

SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/19/12 --

Who/WhatAccellera Systems Initiative, formed last year from the merger of Accellera and the Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI), two industry organizations focused on the creation and adoption of electronic design automation (EDA) and intellectual property (IP) standards, will announce the recipient of its first annual Accellera Systems Initiative Technical Excellence Award at its annual Design and Verification Conference (DVCon) on February 27, 2012 at the Doubletree hotel in San Jose, California. The Award recognizes the outstanding achievements of a Technical Subcommittee member. Candidates can be nominated by the industry at large and are endorsed and selected by participants in Accellera Systems Initiative Committees. Award nominations are due January 27, 2012. To nominate an individual, please visit http://www.accellera.org/about/awards/.

About Accellera Systems InitiativeAccellera Systems Initiative is an independent, not-for profit organization, dedicated to create, support, promote and advance system-level design, modeling and verification standards for use by the worldwide electronics industry. The organization accelerates standards development and as part of its ongoing partnership with the IEEE, its standards are contributed to the IEEE Standards Association for formal standardization and ongoing change control. For more information, please visit www.accellera.org. For membership information, please email [email protected].

About DVConDVCon is the premier conference for discussion of the functional design and verification of electronic systems. DVCon is sponsored by Accellera Systems Initiative, an organization focused on the creation and adoption of EDA and IP standards. For more information, please visit www.accellera.org. For more information about DVCon, please visit www.dvcon.org. Follow @dvcon on Twitter or to comment, please use #dvcon.

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